The growth of industrial prices in Ukraine slowed down to 1.8% in November from 2.3% in October, the State Statistics Service has said.

The service said in annual terms (in relation to the same month in 2016) industrial prices in November rose by 18.4%, while a month earlier the growth was 18.8%.

In general, for the 11 months of 2017, prices of Ukrainian producers increased by 27.5% (in January-October by 28.6%).

The rise in prices in mining and quarrying was 8.9% in November, in particular, in extraction of metal ores it stood at 14.1%, crude oil at 10.3%, coal at 8.7%, stone, sand and clay at 2.7%, and natural gas at 0.6%.

Prices in processing industry grew by 1.0%, in particular in production of coke and coke goods by 5%, chemicals by 2.2%, basic pharmaceuticals, rubber and plastic goods, other non-metallic mineral products by 0.7%, metallurgical production, production of finished metal goods, except for machinery and equipment, by 0.6%. At the same time, prices in making petroleum products declined by 0.9%.

Prices in production of food, beverages and tobacco increased by 1.1%. At the same time, prices in production of sugar were up by 5.5%, dairy products by 3.3%, bread, bakery and flour products by 1.5%, processing and canning of fruits and vegetables by 0.8%, beverages by 0.9%, meat and meat products by 0.7%.

Prices in the supply of electricity, gas and air conditioning rose by 0.8%, in particular for electricity by 0.8%, heating by 0.6%.